Friendships Never End

~1 month later~
We finally moved into the humungous house my mom bought for me and my band mates. There was a huge kitchen, a living room, a game room full of game stuff, a movie/TV room, 1 master bedroom with a walk in closet that was mine with a master bathroom that had a jacuzzi in it, 3 other rooms with bathrooms connected to them, a studio,there was a pool outside, and in the basement we had like a classroom type place where we will go for our online classes. We had a garage big enough for all of our cars.

"SHY HAVE YOU SEEN MY NOTEBOOK!" Max yelled from his room. We still had to unpack so I looked through all of my boxes and found it. I walked to his room, "You packed it i my box on purpose didn't you?" I questioned with a smirk, he looked down and nodded. I giggled and handed it to him. He grabbed it and still looked down, I walked out of his room and grabbed the note my mom wrote and my tattoo design book. I walked downstairs and out the front door, I walked to the tattoo shop that I found the coolest. I walked in and a guy greeted me "Hey, my name is Jonathon. What would like to get?" He asked nicer than I thought he would. " I want to get a Monroe Piercing and 5 tattoos." "well since you don't look 18 I either need ID or a note from a parent." He stated but I already knew that so I handed him the note, he looked it over. "Well I know this is official but my boss would kill me if I didn't make you sign you mothers name and have him look them over." he said handing me a piece of paper and a pen. I tried to write my mom's signature but it turned more into mine but with here name. He grabbed it and walked towards the back.

He came back 5 minutes later and handed back the note. "Well now that he knows you didn't forge the signature let's get started with the piercing first he said grabbing my hand and taking me to the back. "By the way what is your name and how old are you?" he questioned sounding curious. "My name is Shyana but I prefer Shy, and I am 16 but will be 17 next week on Halloween." I answered and he smiled. "Hey my friend Ben Bruce has the same birthday as you." my jaw dropped. "Wait, you mean Ben Bruce from Asking Alexandria?" I asked excitedly. He laughed "Yes I take it your a big fan and will ask me millions of questions and try and stalk him?" he asked. "Nope, I just really love their music and he is an inspiration for my guitar playing. Me and my friends-" "Are in a band called The Fearless Kids." said somebody with a British accent behind me. "And I am glad I inspire you." I turned around to see a smiling Ben Bruce. " 'Ello love, would you mind if I paid for your tattoos." he asked. "Nope not at all." I answered smiling. He took the book from my hands and looked at the 5 drawings I dog eared. "Who is the rose one for?" Ben questioned curiously. "My friend Casey. She died a year ago in my arms after she overdosed. She made me go to a party and she knows I am bipolar and shouldn't drink or do drugs but didn't care. I was downstairs and when I went to find her she was laying on the bathroom floor. I held her in my arms when she told me she loved me and died in my arms. I sat in my room for 2 weeks writing music and kept blaming myself for her death. I tried to commit suicide for the first time. I have tried 5 times but my friends always saved me." they both looked at me in shock with tears running down their faces. "What did you do to try and commit suicide?" Ben asked concerned. " The first time I put a deep cut in my arm but my friend Vic brought me to a hospital, I put a cut in my leg but my friend Mike saved me, I jumped off a bridge but my friend Kellin caught me and pulled me back on the bridge, I tried slitting my throat with a knife when Vic grabbed the knife from my hand, and about a month ago I tried to shoot myself when my friend Mike took the pistol from my hand. I ended up cutting the next day after I found out my boyfriend was fake and it was all a dare." I said as Ben hugged me. "Can I see the scars from your cuts?" I nodded and took of my sweatshirt revealing what ever my strapless bra didn't cover, I then rolled up my shorts enough to see the scars. Jonathon touched the ones on my arms and Ben touched the ones on my thighs. He looked at me with sad eyes. "If you ever cut again or want to commit suicide please tell me." I nodded and rolled shorts back down, I kept off the sweatshirt knowing I would have to take it off for the tattoos anyway. I sat in a chair and Ben put his hand letting know I could hold it if I needed to. I denied it put he still kept his hand up.

When Jonathon came back with the needle I decided to grab Ben's hand. Jonathon walks over and wipes where the piercing will be with antiseptic wipe. Then he grabbed the needle a pierced it through my upper lip. He grabbed the stud and put it in after he removed the needle.

"Alright let's get these tattoos done." he said changing his gloves. Ben turned around so I could take my bra off to have the tattoos done right. First was the rose for Casey, it took about 45 minutes and didn't hurt at all. Second was a heart with a knife stabbed into it and blood dripping all the way done my back. "Shy what does this one represent?" Ben asked as he watch Jonathon out line the tattoo. "It represents how I loved my ex-boyfriend Jake Schmitt and how after I found out it was a dare I felt like someone stabbed my heart." I said remembering the day. "How could someone be dared to date you, in my opinion you're beautiful." Jonathon said finishing the tattoo. I blushed "I take it barely anyone calls you beautiful." "Only my friends Vic, Oli, and Mike. Not even my band mates have called me beautiful." I said looking down. "You can put your bra and sweatshirt back on since these are on you legs. Just let me wrap the this plastic stuff around your back where the tattoos are." Jonathon said as Ben walked out knowing I wouldn't feel comfortable with him there. Jonathon wrapped the plastic stuff around my chest, I put my bra and sweatshirt back on and Ben came back into the room. Jonathon started on my AA tattoo and Ben smiled. "I like this tattoo." "Ben, you only like it because it's lyrics from your band." I said smirking. The tattoo said 'Just like the cigarettes hurt, Just like the whiskey burns.' "Have you even smoke or drank?" he asked with a smirk. I turned sad remembering the past, "Yes Ben I have, I used to steal Mike's whiskey and drink the whole bottle after Casey died. It was my only escape from life then after I couldn't take it I started smoking, I still couldn't so I tried suicide. My friends saved me every fucking time and I still wish they never saved me. I am just another lost cause." I said with sadness in my voice. "You're not a lost cause, you have a great life ahead of you and I want you to take every opportunity you can to help you climb the charts." Ben said hugging me awkwardly. "Hey, no hugging while I am giving tattoos." Jonathon joked. After that tattoo he got started on the next, it was a demon coming out of my leg. It took 2 hours for that one tattoo 6 or 7 in total for everything but Ben stayed the entire time talking to me.

"So Ben the total for her tattoos comes up to $250 since she didn't freak out from the pain, and her piercing will be free since you didn't flinch,scream,cry, or faint." I smiled, I knew that if I stayed still I would be fine. Ben wrapped his arm around me as we walked out the door. "Can I go over to your house 'love? I want to go anywhere but my place since Danny will be partying again." he said rolling his eyes. "Sure, the guys will be out clubbing and trying to pick up chicks." I said sighing. "Did you drive or walk?" "Walk, it was a 10 minute walk but I didn't mind." "Then I know exactly where your house is because I went there once when 1 of my cousins still lived there, now he has a mansion now." he said walking me to his car. I got in the passenger side wincing. "Sorry 'love, I forgot to tell you that you need to be careful applying pressure to new tattoos. To much pressure will make them hurt." Ben said kissing my head. I nodded and we started the 5 minute drive to the house. When we go there we walked inside to the Movie Room. "What movie do you want to watch?" "Resident Evil if you have it." He answered getting popcorn from the popcorn machine. "Yeah we have it." "I guess the guys like it." He said plopping down on the couch. I put my hands up to my chest acting offended. "They're mine. I am offended that you think I don't like them. I am surprised you haven't seen the Umbrella Corporation tattoo I got on my birthday." I said placing the movie in the DVD player. I sat down on the couch next to him. "Show me." he said as I stood up. I lifted up my sweatshirt and pointed to my side where the tattoo was. "That is an awesome tattoo." he said pulling my hand to sit back down. I sat down and we started the movie in silence, then the guys got home. All drunk except for Max who was the designated driver. The all walked down the hall past the room since I shut the door. "I'll be right back, I need to help Max make sure they get to there beds." "Well actually I probably need to get Danny's passed out ass out of the middle of the floor." He said hugging me careful not to touch my tattoos. "Okay, Bye Ben see you later." I said as he walked out. "Bye Shy. Remember what I said earlier." I nodded. I walked to Jake's room as Max tended to Kyle, "SHY I WUV YOU!" He yelled hugging me. I whimpered in pain and shoved him off. Max must have heard because he helped Jake then walked over to me. "You okay? I heard you whimper." Instead of answering I lifted My sweatshirt and bra revealing the tattoos. I pulled them back down and pointed towards my legs. "is that why you were gone for so long." I nodded and yawned. Max picked me up bridal style, I wrapped my arms around his neck and rested my head on his chest. He brought us to my room and sat me down on the bed, he laid down next to me and wrapped his arm around my waist. He kissed my forehead and I rested my head on his chest. We fell asleep quickly, I think I might be falling for Max now.

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